Detroit Lions left tackle Taylor Decker wanted to get a couple of new tattoos on his hands this offseason to commemorate some meaningful events in his life. Instead, he got a doozy of a reaction from the ink the tattoo artist used that made his hands look like ground beef.

“Whatever red he used, I had an allergic reaction to,” Decker said Tuesday. “So I’ve had raw hamburger meat on my hands for like two weeks. It was pretty gross.

“Yeah, I finally did it. I was like, ‘It’s gonna be so cool.’ And it wasn’t.”

Decker had an image of an Arizona landscape printed on his right hand. He and his wife moved there recently.

“It’s just a place that I really love,” he said. “I feel like me and my wife have grown a lot there together as a couple because we took a leap of faith and moved away from everybody we know. We just have one another out there.”

On his left hand, Decker got a hummingbird because many congregate outside his home and they are his wife’s favorite.

The unsightly reaction is gone from Decker’s hands after he used a cream he made sure to run past the Lions’ trainer.

“All good now,” he said.

Something else that’s all good for Taylor is the chemistry with his teammates on the offensive line.

“I think this is the best group I’ve ever been around, as far as personalities fitting together, guys being on the same page, just kind of on the same wavelength, just kind of got a feel for everybody,” he said. “Everybody just gets along really, really well. There’s just a good chemistry in that room. And that’s exciting when you do have a good group you can do some good things with on the field.”

While Decker and the rest of the O-line have to adjust to a new coordinator in Darrell Bevell, the unit at least gets the continuity of a second season under position coach Jeff Davidson and other coaches who were retained.

“It’s just a good fit all the way around,” Decker said. “Just a great work environment for us to get better.”

Decker even dropped a little nugget about the new offense under Bevell.

“A lot of tackle-eligible pass plays,” he said, jokingly.

“Yeah, no, we’re all still learning the offense,” he said. “Just trying to build some cohesiveness. I think it’s going to be a really fun year with our unit. I think we’ve got a good group on offensive line. So we’re all just learning it. It’ll be nice to be able to get out there and run some plays.”

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